Sook & the Three Fairies
. * o ~ Sitting in a Dark Alley ~ o * .
Near the alley, Claude and Bill hear a man's deep voice calling Sookie's name. Bill looks at Claude disapproving when Claude starts running into the alley. A few yards away, Sam sees Claude dodge into the dark alley. He starts running.
"Is she alright?" asks the curly red hair girl and her boyfriend. They parked their car close by and came to help Sookie with her unconscious Phantom of the Opera.
"I'm okay," Sookie opens her heavy eye lids.
"Thank God," breaths Eric. Sookie had stopped breathing.
Claude realizes that his friend is the woman on the pavement surrounded by the Phantom of the Opera, Shrek, and Fiona. He rushes between them. "Sook are you okay?"
"Hi Claude," Sookie chimes. Over Claude's shoulder she can see Sam and Bill. Bill is frowning, and Sam is breathing fast and is smiling from ear-to-ear. "Did my three fairies win the best costume contest?"
"There was a fight in the bar," Claude explains. "The costume contest was postponed."
"Oh," Sookie frowns.
"We need to take her to the hospital," says Eric who is dressed as Phantom of the Opera.
"Who are you?" asks Claude.
"That's Eric," answers Sookie, "He's my lover." She closes her eyes and this makes Eric nervous.
"Don't sleep Sookie," Eric tells her.
"You know what," she opens her eyes, "You haven't kissed me yet." A small smile pulls at the corners of her mouth. "You can kiss me if you want."
Eric glances up at Shrek, Fiona, the Purple Fairy, the Red Fairy, and the White Fairy. They all shrug their shoulders.
Deciding to kiss her, if it would make her happy, Eric leans forward. His gaze locks with Sookie's, and he loses his breath.
"So beautiful," he whispers. Gently, his lips touch Sookie's. They kiss for the first time. Sookie is convinced that this is true loves kiss. His mouth and tongue are so tender. They feel like paradise.
Peace washes over her.
Eric leans back on the heels of his feet and admires Sookie's beauty. Tears cloud Eric's vision. He realizes that Sookie will never open her eyes again.
"Sook!" Claude pushes Eric aside and reaches for his friend. He takes her by the shoulders and shakes her, but Sookie doesn't wake-up.
"I think she's dead," the curly red hair girl's boyfriend states. He wraps his girlfriend into his arms. She is crying. "We'll go call an ambulance." No one says anything. Supporting his girlfriend, they leave the alley and walk toward their car where his cell phone is charging.
"What happened to her?" Claude is crying. Sookie was more than his friend. She had been his family. Bill is grief-stricken with guilt for making Claude kick her out, and he begins to cry. Realizing that he will never get to accidentally have sex with Sookie, Sam begins to cry.
"She was shot by a rubber bullet at close range," Eric answers Claude's question. He needs to go before the ambulance comes. He's a Councilman running for Mayor, and he can't afford a scandal. "I can't stay," he shamefully admits.
"We'll stay," Claude tells Eric. The three fairies kneel around their friend and weep inconsolably.
They do not notice when Eric leaves.
"One day," Claude's voice is so low only his companions can hear. He pulls Sookie into his arms and holds her tight. "The King and Queen of the fairies resend their army back to the human world," Claude's voice cracks. "They begin searching the last location the King and Queen's daughter was reported to be. From there the fairy army is able to track her to downtown. It takes them a year to search City Park. No creature great or small is overlooked. They question everyone, but no one has any information about the King and Queen's daughter." Claude runs his fingers through Sookie's pretty hair. His tears make Sookie's face glisten.
"A bag lady, the one that lives in City Park, the park that took you a couple of weeks to search, drunkenly approached the fairy army. The damn bitch is so drunk she pays no attention to the spears and arrows pointed at her. She tells the fairy army that she knows Princess Sook and tells them where she lives.
"Taking the drunken bag lady's word as truth, the army advances on the apartment building, the one that we live in, and the bag lady points it out to them. The fairy army hides in the bushes, and they watch the building carefully. The building is secure and they can't penetrate the security system. They don't have a fuckin' key.
"Then one day, three handsome and sexy fairies are exiting the building. They leave the door ajar. Seeing their opportunity, the fairy army enters the apartment building.
"Once inside, they quickly find our apartment. Your damn green Skittles that clutter the apartment is enough proof that they have found Princess Sook. They know this because fairies have an affinity to green. It gives them strength and makes them feel better when they don't feel so good. You told me that once.
"The fairy army sends a report to the King and Queen. For the first time in so many years, they smile. Wanting to see their daughter with their own eyes, the fairy monarchs travel to the world of humans. As their gossamer wings carry them toward the apartment building, they stop.
"The King and Queen's hearts still for a fraction. Their beloved daughter, now a human, is as beautiful as any god damn goddess," Claude leans forward and tenderly kisses Sookie. "The Queen begins to cry," his voice is raspy from weeping and talking at the same time, "As a human, Princess Sook cannot enter into the realm of the fairies, because there are no wishing wells in this fuckin' human world, and because of advances in medicine, humans can live to a good ripe age; it may be fifty years before her human body releases Princess Sook.
"Broken hearted the King and Queen return to their world. Just as they are resigned not to be reunited with their beloved daughter, something miraculous happens.
"The most beautiful sound draws their attention to a little fairy wearing cowboy boots.
"With majestic wings spread out like a god damn poem, Sook flies with a grace not even her parents have.
""Hello," you chime the way that always makes your blue eyes shine. And your pretty blonde hair is still long and sparkles like it always does when the sun hits it. It's very pretty.
"The fairy King and Queen's cheeks sparkle with happy tears. They wrap Sook in their arms and kiss her.
""You're finally home," the Queen happily declares. "You're finally home.""
. * The End * .